MORNING MEETING OF 18 AUGUST 1966

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: January 4, 2017
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: August 18, 1966
• Content Type: MFR

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18 August 1966
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Morning Meeting of 18 August 1966
DD/I reported that Tom Hughes had called yesterday to ask for
Agency assistance in the attempts of the State Department to rebut
Communist propaganda claims of U. S. air attacks against Soviet
ships, Cambodia, etc. As a result, Secretary Rusk will write to
Secretary McNamara and to the Director on this matter.
DD/I noted that the study for Secretary McNamara on the will of
the North Vietnamese to continue the war is nearing completion. It
will be available for the Director to send to the Secretary next week.
eported on the recent meeting of top officials in Peiping
and noted that Mao was still No. 1 but that there appear to be a number
of anomalies in the remainder of the pecking order, indicating that the
power struggle is continuing.
observed that the result of yesterday's NRO Executive
Committee meeting was satisfactory to the Agency.
DD/S reported that there was an accident yesterday involving one
of the Agency's courier vehicles but that no unfavorable publicity would
result. The Director asked that the DDS remind the drivers of Agency
vehicles to maintain good driving practices.
DD/S noted that a Support Review Course is being established by
the Office of Training to enhance the perspectives of Support Officers.
reported that he had received a call from Bob Komer yes-
terday on a variety of matters relating to Vietnam. Among other things,
Komer was concerned about Agency reporting on the rice situation. The
Director asked that this be looked into for ways of improving the report-
ing.
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The Director asked ________about the status of the Defense bill
and noted that he intends to contact Senator Russell this afternoon.
DD/S&T said that the material the Director had requested for
Secretary McNamara on expediting the deployment of OXCART would
be ready today. He noted that Duckett would attend the meetings be-
ginning today on the possible merger of OXCART and the SR-71. The
Director noted that, as a result of yesterday's NRO meeting, work
on the base station for the project could now proceed.
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altercation with officials and to take what action he could to
settle this problem.
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